Stamped Toile Christmas Cards

Happy Wednesday everyone, and one week to go...I'm still not ready! Today, another set of cards that I was so excited to make, but didn't quite fulfill my expectations. I have to learn to embrace imperfection...hard to do. Anyway, my cards are filled with Tim Holtz stamps from Stamper's Anonymous in a toile type pattern in red and blue. My house it filled with Christmas toile items during the season, and I absolutely love it.

Using images (outside per the toile look) from seven stamp sets, I planned out my pattern, and thought I would just repeat it until this 12x12 piece of Ranger's Specialty Stamping Paper was all covered.

I stamped the images in Wendy's Red Geranium Archival, and dried the paper thoroughly with a heat tool and left it out all night to dry. I loved the red so much that I decided to do a blue as well, and used a combination of Cobalt and Cornflower Blue Archival. My pattern did not repeat like I wanted it to, because I couldn't get the images to fit correctly, so I just filled in with the images that worked...oh well, I still liked it.

I trimmed down the paper to size for my cards and found out that the red smeared a little. So I dried again and again, but still had some smudge. I think I must have used too much ink, and I did reink the pad before I started. I will keep that in mind for next time. The blue did not smear, and I didn't reink those pads, so that is why I think I had the problem on the red. So to alleviate the smearing and so the embossing powder wouldn't stick to the red, I pounced on an antistatic embossing bag of powder, and that worked well. I stamped and embossed the 'Merry Christmas' with Jet Black and Black Sparkle Embossing Powder.

Tim has such a great selection of papers from his last too Christmas Stash pads, so I selected various plaids for the backgrounds. I also added a strip and bow of black velvet.

  

 

 

 

 

Supplies: 

(Craft Sheet, Stamping Block, Heat Tool, Paper Trimmer, Stamp Platform, Two Sided Tape, Scissors)

-Ranger Surfaces: 12x12 Specialty Stamping Paper, Black Cardstock

-Stamper's Anonymous Tim Holtz Stamp Set: Scenic Holiday, Scribble Woodland, Festive Overlay, Holiday Greetings, Christmas Magic, Mini Holidays 3, Just Believe, Christmastime

-Ranger Wendy Vecchi Archival Ink: Red Geranium, Cornflower Blue

-Ranger Archival Ink: Cobalt, Jet Black

-Ranger Embossing Powder: Black Sparkle

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink: Gathered Twigs

-Ranger Ink Blending Tool

-Tim Holtz Idea-ology: Christmas Paper Stash (2018), Christmas Paper Stash (2019)

-Ranger Multi Medium: Matte

-Black Velvet Ribbon, Cream Card Bases

Thanks again for all the comments this week...I so appreciate it, and I'll be back tomorrow with more.
I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!

A Christmas Story Lamp Card

I'm back, and this time with the first set of Christmas cards for this season, and boy did I have fun with these. My favorite comical Christmas movie is probably A Christmas Story, and when Wendy Vecchi released the No Ring Art stamp set from Stamper's Anonymous, my first thought was the Christmas leg lamp using her sexy legs stamp. Enjoy, and I'll be back tomorrow.

I gathered all the Wendy goods and planned out my cards.

I stamped the 'this side up' in Red Geranium Archival from Ranger and Wendy, and stenciled in the Fragile with Fern Green.

I covered up the words from above with sticky note, and then stamped the background stamp over in Jet Black.

I mounted the card onto blue cardstock and then the card base, and added Wendy's Washi Tape across the top and bottom. I inked the edges of everything with Tree Branch Archival.

I inked over the Mat Minis with Leaf Green and then Fern Green, and then stamped the coordinating door over the trim.

Using more Mixed Media Cardstock, I inked over it with Sky Blue Blendable Dye Ink and misted with water for a wintry sky look. Then I stenciled in the tree several times with Fern Green and dried really well. I stamped the Pin Point Dots in Sky Blue and embossed with White Embossing Powder for snow. Then I trimmed the paper down to fit behind the windows and adhered them.

I inked over the trim  and lamp shade Mat Minis with Dandelion and inked the edges with Tree Branch. I added Antique Linen Distress Paint from Tim Holtz in the center of the shades and let that dry. Then I drew in the lines on the shades with a gold Pitt Pen. I also inked in the rectangle lamp bases with Watering Can Archival.

I stamped the legs onto Specialty Stamping Paper and embossed them with Clear Powder, and cut one leg off for the lamp.

I gave the shade and leg more shading with Pitt Pens, and misted the shade with Pearl Mica Mist. I added the trim around the shade, and cut off the extra length of fringe. Than I attached the shade to the leg with foam tape.

I adhered the window, table top, and lamp base to the card, and then added a layer of Gloss Multi Medium to the window for a glass look.

I inked in the leaves and berried, and stamped the coordinating images. I cut the leaves and berries apart so I would have two parts.

I stamped and embossed the 'merry' sentiment with Clear and Jet Black, cut it out and mounted onto blue cardstock. I typed out the 'and bright' with a dymo, and added the sentiments onto the cards. I added the holly and used Stickles to highlight the berries and washi tape.

   

 

 

 

 

Supplies: 

(Craft Sheet, Stay-tion, Stamp Platform, Scissors, Cream Card Bases, Heat Tool, Two Sided Tape, Paint Brush, Foam Tape)

-Ranger Surfaces: Mixed Media Heavy Cardstock

-Ranger Wendy Vecchi Archival Ink: Fern Green, Red Geranium, Tree Branch, Dandelion, Leaf Green, Carnation Red, Watering Can

-Ranger Archival Ink: Jet Black

-Stamper's Anonymous Wendy Vecchi Stamp Set: Label It Art, Art of Making It Merry, Front Door Art, No Ring Art

-Stamper's Anonymous Wendy Vecchi Stencil For Art: Classic Words

-Ranger Ink Blending Tool

-Ranger Wendy Vecchi Make Art Washi Tape 2

-Light Blue Cardstock

-Stamper's Anonymous Wendy Vecchi Mat Minis: Front Door Art Coordinates, #shelfie, Holly and Berries

-Ranger Wendy Vecchi Make Art Blendable Dye Ink: Sky Blue

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Sprayer

-Stamper's Anonymous Wendy Vecchi Stamp It Stencil It: Holiday Icons

-Stamper's Anonymous Wendy Vecchi Background Stamp: Pin Point Dots

-Ranger Embossing Powder: Seafoam White, Clear

-Ranger Wendy Vecchi Perfect Card Adhesive

-Ranger Multi Medium: Gloss

-Faber-Castell Pitt Pens

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Paint: Antique Linen

-Ranger Wendy Vecchi Mica Spray: Pearl

-Black Silk Fringe

-Dymo Caption Maker with Red Tape

-Ranger Stickles: Cranberry, Burgundy

Thank you so much for coming by, and I hope you are more prepared for Christmas than I am. Until tomorrow...I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!

Christmas Embossing Tinsel Personalized Name Tags

Yikes, not only have I been away so long, I've been sick and so busy that I am so behind on my Christmas makes. Christmas really seemed to come way too fast this year.  I'm only half way through my Christmas cards, but I have a bunch of stuff to show you this week, so please stay tuned. I decided to start with tags for Christmas presents to check off the list first, and all of these are made with Tim Holtz stamps from Stamper's Anonymous and Ranger Embossing Powders and Oxide Inks.

 

 

 

I tried to match the tags to these cute little bags, so I started with a gold embossed tree from the Tree Line set.

I stamped the plaid in Candied Apple Distress Oxide Ink so I could see it on the black tag, and then embossed with Red Embossing Tinsel, after masking off the tree and inside.

I stamped the names in Tall Text using Picket Fence Distress Ink and Snowflake Embossing Tinsel. Green Embossing Tinsel was using on the green tags.

It was the Great Outdoors and Into the Woods for these tags, along with Hickory Smoke Distress Oxide Ink and Silver Embossing Tinsel.

To make the tag below, more of the same with the addition of Twisted Citron Oxide Ink and Lime Green and White Embossing Powder.

It was not too hard to emboss on top of other embossing, but I had to make sure not to put too much heat on the powders so it wouldn't spread too much.

Supplies: 

(Kraft Sheet, Stamping Platform, Paper for Masking, Embossing Tool, Scissors)

-Ranger Surfaces: Black #8 Tags

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Paint: Black Soot

-Stamper's Anoymous Tim Holtz Stamp Set: Tree Line, Perfect Plaids, Tall Text, Into The Woods, Great Outdoors, Worn Text

-Ranger Archival Ink: Jet Black

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide: Candied Apple, Pine Needles, Hickory Smoke, Twisted Citron

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink: Picket Fence

-Ranger Embossing Powder: Gold, Lime Green, White

-Ranger Embossing Tinsel: Red, Green, Snowflake, Silver

-Marvy DecoColor Premium Gold and Silver Leafing Pens

-Sizzix Tim Holtz Thinlits: Christmas Circle Words

-Ranger Embossing Pen

-black velvet ribbon, white gel pen
 
I'll be back again tomorrow with the first set of Christmas cards. Thanks so much for stopping by!
I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!

Autumn Leaves Thankful Cards

Hello everyone! I'm such a bad blogger I know! I have a bunch of projects ready and in the works, but I have had the hardest time sitting down to blog them...I'm so lazy! Actually, as Autumn is my favorite time of the year, whenever I am not crafting I am outside doing yard work and enjoying the weather. Anyway, today  I have a dozen Thankful Cards (extra gaudy and glitzy in gorgeous Autumn tones) that I am sending out for Thanksgiving to the many people that make a difference in my life in.  Thank you notes and cards are a rare thing these days with email so easy to do, so I always love to see them and of course to receive them, and I really need to work on sending them more often. Yikes! I wish I could send one out to all of you who support me and stop by, but please know I am so thankful to all of you. 

I had 12 of these ATC sized bingo cards in my stash for a decade probably, and finally decided to use them up. I don't remember what line of product they came from, sorry. I covered them with Distress Crazing Collage Medium from Tim Holtz and Ranger, and inked them over with Gathered Twigs Distress Ink after they dried.

Tim's new Abandoned Paper Stash had so many fabulous designs that screamed Autumn to me, so I picked three of them to die cut Tim's Tattered Leaves Bigz Die and Fall Foliage Thinlits from Sizzix, 48 in total.

Using Tim's Pressed Foliage Stamp Set from Stamper's Anonymous, I stamped the leaves on the die cut leaves that were similar in shape and size using Ground Espresso Archival Ink. I just wanted the images to add to the textured look of the leaves, so I didn't mind that they did not perfectly coordinate. I inked the edges of the leaves and folded them down the middle and inked the fold as well. I totally fell in LOVE with these, and I know it is because of the designs and colors on the Abandoned paper.

Using the Metallic Cardstock, I die cut even more leaves (48), this time from the Skeleton Leaves Thinlits...another love! The Metallic Cardstock makes these even more beautiful to look at.

I applied Antique Linen Distress Paint to random portions of Distress Woodgrain Cardstock for a resist. Then I inked over the cardstock with Peacock Feathers and Orange Marmalade Distress Oxides. I misted them with water and wiped off the ink from the painted areas, and I got a nice barnwood look to the cardstock.

I die cut the Woodgrain pieces with Tim's Planks Bigz Die, and then inked the edges with Vintage Photo Archival. I also swiped the Vintage Photo on top of the planks directly from the pad to highlight the woodgrain.

I needed the word 'thankful' (in Rose Gold Metallic), so I used two of Tim's Handwritten Thinlits, the Love and Celebrate, to create it. The 'thank' from 'thanks' and the 'ful' from 'beautiful', and I just adhered them together. I added the words on the planks. I had a few sheets of this gorgeous leaf paper called Autumn Splendor from Simple Stories, so I used it as my background and mounted it a few times on colored and Metallic Cardstock for the base of the cards. You don't see the background a lot but I know this gorgeous paper is there...lol!

I colored the Star Adornments with Rose Gold Alcohol Ink Mixative, and added these to the centers of the bingo cards. I also had a ton of metallic leaf sequins in the stash so I added several of those to the cards as well. Then I found 12 of these vintage sequined leaves that I purchased from Tinsel Trading when it was in NYC years ago, and decided to go extra gaudy using them...the more the better I say!!! Then it was all just assembly line style to adhere all the leaves and parts to the card bases.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplies: 
(craft sheet, paint brush, scissors, stamping platform, craft pick, two sided tape, foam tape)
-Small Bingo Cards Ephemera
-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Collage Medium: Crazing, Matte
-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Collage Medium Brush
-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink: Gathered Twigs
-Ranger Mini Ink Blending Tool
-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Wood Grain Cardstock
-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Paint: Antique Linen
-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide: Peacock Feathers, Orange Marmalade
-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Water Sprayer
-Sizzix Tim Holtz Bigz Die: Planks, Tattered Leaves
-Ranger Tim Holtz Archival Ink: Vintage Photo, Ground Espresso
-Sizzix Tim Holtz Thinlits Die: Handwritten Celebrate, Handwritten Love, Fall Foliage, Skeleton Leaves
-Tim Holtz Idea-ology: Metallic Jewel Tones Cardstock, Metallic Tones Cardstock, Abandoned Paper Stash, Tiny Fasteners, Stars Adornments
-Simple Stories Cardstock: Autumn Splendor
-Burnt Orange Metallic Cardstock, Olive Metallic Cardstock
-Ranger Surfaces: Kraft Cardstock
-Stamper's Anonymous Tim Holtz Stamp Set: Pressed Foliage
-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Mica Spray: Antiqued Bronze
-Ranger Tim Holtz Alcohol Ink Mixative: Rose Gold
-Metallic Leaf Sequins, Vintage Sequined Leaf Flourish

Thank you so much for stopping by, and for the comments! As always...
I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!